PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 590 – 599

The world in the 590s

From 590 to 599 the atlas holds 159 states standing at some time. 5 things began - Duchy of Rome, Goguryeo–Sui War and Battle of Blarathon among them - and 3 ended; 25 people were born and 13 died.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

590: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other590591: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other591592: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other592593: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other593594: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other594595: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other595596: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other596597: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other597598: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other598599: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other599

What began in the 590s

By kind, the best known first.

States 1

Wars and battles 3

Famine and plague 1

What ended in the 590s

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Died 13

States of the 590s

The states that stood at some time in the 590s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 590.

Europe: 69 statesEurope69Middle East and North Africa: 22 statesMiddle East and North Africa22South Asia: 24 statesSouth Asia24East and Southeast Asia: 20 statesEast and Southeast Asia20Americas and Oceania: 6 statesAmericas and Oceania6Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe69 states

and 61 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa22 states

and 14 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia24 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia20 states

and 12 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania6 states

Location unknown18 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 570 – 619: every state, war and life of the 590s, region by region.
  • On the map in 595: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.